‘I’ve never seen pictures like these ’- attorney on Limerick man Jason Corbett’s injuries

THE ASSISTANT district attorney in Davidson County, North Carolina, where Limerick man Jason Corbett was beaten to death, has said that in his 30 years of prosecuting “I've never seen photographs like these”, in relation to the injuries sustained by the Janesboro man.

Alan Martin described the autopsy findings as “horrific”.

His comments form part of an interview featured on the new Netflix release, A Deadly American Marriage, a documentary which explores the killing of Jason Corbett in 2015 during a dispute with his wife and her father.

The production - which is one hour and 42 minutes in length and was trending at No. 1 in ‘Films Today’ on Netflix over the weekend- tells the story of the Limerick man’s chilling death, from both sides.

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Leafing through photographs of Mr Corbett’s battered body, Mr Martin remarks that “Jason has abrasions on his forehead, under his eye, his shoulder blades and then we get to his head.”

With his voice trembling, the assistant district attorney says: “In 30 years of prosecuting I've never seen photographs like these”.

“He had so many blows to his head that the pathologist couldn’t count them because they overlapped and a chunk of Jason’s skull fell out onto the table,” the assistant district attorney continues.

“It takes an incredible amount of force to cause that kind of injury,” he remarks.

After a complex investigation, Molly and Thomas Martens were convicted of second-degree murder of father-of-two Jason Corbett in 2017, but the convictions were quashed on appeal and they pleaded no contest and guilty, respectively, to the lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter in 2023.

The father and daughter were released from custody in June 2024. Both Molly and Thomas Martens are interviewed on the true crime documentary as well as Mr Corbett’s two grown up children, Jack and Sarah.

“My dad was killed the way no person should be killed,” says Jack on screen.

“He was beaten to death with a cinder block and a baseball bat. And no person should ever have to go through that, that sort of pain.

“And, like in the evidence, you see that he tries to get away from them and they keep hitting him. They won’t stop... and it’s just really hard to even think about,” says Jack, rubbing his eyes with his hand.